| Chairman: | Billy Hewitson |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round |
| Cup3 Result: | Fourth round replay |
| League Topscorer: | Iain Russell (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Derek Lyle (14) Iain Russell (14) |
| Highest Attendance: | 2,644 vs. Dundee, 10 August 2013 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,476 vs. Alloa Athletic, 11 January 2014 |
| Average Attendance: | 1,724 |
| Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
The 2013–14 season was Queen of the South's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their first season in the newly established Scottish Championship,[1] having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[2] Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Queen of the South finished fourth in the Scottish Championship. Their league position qualified the club for the quarter-final stage of the Scottish Premiership play-offs where they were defeated 4-3 on aggregate by Falkirk over two legs.
The club reached the third round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.
The club were managed by Jim McIntyre, alongside his assistant Gerry McCabe for the 2013–14 season,[3] following the departures of Allan Johnston and Sandy Clark who left to become the new manager and assistant of Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock.[4] [5] On 9 June 2014 McCabe left to become the new assistant manager at newly promoted Scottish Premiership side Dundee under Paul Hartley.[6]
See main article: 2013–14 Scottish Championship.
See main article: 2013–14 Scottish Challenge Cup.
See main article: 2013–14 Scottish League Cup.
See main article: 2013–14 Scottish Cup.
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a. Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.
Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 10 May 2014
| Nation | Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Other | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||||
| GK | Calum Antell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | Zander Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GK | James Atkinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | Scott Hooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Mark Durnan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| DF | Chris Higgins | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| DF | Ryan McGuffie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| DF | Chris Mitchell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| DF | Andy Dowie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| DF | Kevin Holt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| DF | Lewis Kidd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Kevin Dzierzawski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Paul Burns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| MF | Mark Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Daniel Carmichael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Ian McShane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| MF | Stephen McKenna | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| MF | Dan Orsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Patrick Slattery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Derek Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| FW | Iain Russell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| FW | Derek Lyle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| FW | Gavin Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Michael Paton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| FW | Aidan Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Robert McHugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
